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families of solders killed in afghanistan, and terror victims. loit toed arrested a man believed to be a private investigator. a reporter, and the prime minister's former communications chief who used to be the paper's editor. >> everything that happened is going to be investigated. swit witnesses will be and no stone will be left unturned. >> news corps shut town "news of the world". and the british government signaled the deal would be delayed and sky broadcasting lost $1 billion in market value when stock dropped 7.6% on that news. >> a habit can cost you your health is costing more money. prices for cigarettes climb higher just ahead. >> and back to school sales starting now. and the deals not just on notebooks and pencils. >>> hazy look at downtown san francisco. spencer christian will have a last look at the forecast coming up in just a moment. >> retailers rolling out the back to school supplies early this year and financial markets took a blow after the jobs report. >> investors reacted to jobs today and there is no sugar coating this one
families of solders killed in afghanistan, and terror victims. loit toed arrested a man believed to be a private investigator. a reporter, and the prime minister's former communications chief who used to be the paper's editor. >> everything that happened is going to be investigated. swit witnesses will be and no stone will be left unturned. >> news corps shut town "news of the world". and the british government signaled the deal would be delayed and sky broadcasting lost...
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he was based on the border with pakistan and afghanistan in september of 2009 and a scout sniper at the time. his unit was on route to meet elders and they were ambushed and he was hit with shrapnel but he tried five times end fire to try and find three missing marines and one navy corpsman and when he did reach them they had been shot and they were stripped of their gear but he still managed underfire in the kill zone to carry each of them out so that they could be taken home, given a proper burial, and it is a bittersweet ending for corporal meyer who lives in austin, texas and was given a call by president obama on monday to be told that he would receive this honor. >>shepard: and reluctant hero. >> absolutely, the marine corps times interviewed him in november and he like so many others showed remarkable humility of the recipients. take a listen. >> i feel we are the furthest from a hero, and i went in there to do a job and the way i view it, i let those goes down, but the war would be for them and for the corps, for the marines and for marines who did not recognized because there w
he was based on the border with pakistan and afghanistan in september of 2009 and a scout sniper at the time. his unit was on route to meet elders and they were ambushed and he was hit with shrapnel but he tried five times end fire to try and find three missing marines and one navy corpsman and when he did reach them they had been shot and they were stripped of their gear but he still managed underfire in the kill zone to carry each of them out so that they could be taken home, given a proper...
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in afghanistan, another blow to the rule of president karzai today. they gunned down his most precious aide. karzai's half-brother was assassinated early last week. in eastern afghanistan, nato helicopter air strikes today hit a school where insurgents were said to have gathered. at least ten insurgents were killed. there were no youngsters in school at the time. remember the days when the marine corps advertised it was "looking for a few good men"? well, times have changed, and today marines are recruiting women as well. there seems to be no limit as to how high they can go. this is tonight's "sunday cover": a new commanding officer with a legendary marine corps post. this is parris island, south carolina. as the sign makes clear on the way in, here is where they make marines. now this marine factory has a new foreman. >> what i'd ask you to do is... >> reporter: or forewoman, brigadier general loretta reynolds. when you found out you were getting this post, what was your first reaction? >> there are times now that i wake up in the morning and say, "
in afghanistan, another blow to the rule of president karzai today. they gunned down his most precious aide. karzai's half-brother was assassinated early last week. in eastern afghanistan, nato helicopter air strikes today hit a school where insurgents were said to have gathered. at least ten insurgents were killed. there were no youngsters in school at the time. remember the days when the marine corps advertised it was "looking for a few good men"? well, times have changed, and today...
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is anyone safe in afghanistan, really safe? >> well, not. we can't say that anyone is safe in this country. >> reporter: haroon mir runs the afghanistan center for research and policy studies. >> taliban decided not to face u.s. military. instead they have focused on terrorist attacks first on civilians and afghan government, institutions. >> reporter: in two recent suicide attacks the taliban unleashed a surprising new weapon that allowed them to get past police and security, bombs hidden in turbans. there are checkpoints all across kabul, it's common to pull people out of vehicles, to frisk them, to search the vehicles themselves. as you can see, it's incredibly uncommon to search under a turban, to remove a turban in public would be considered an insult. an explosive-laden turban killed the kandahar mayor wednesday and just last week, kufi herself was invited to a gathering where two people were killed. have you changed any way that you go about life because of these threats? >> i did a little bit, but you know, when it comes to assassina
is anyone safe in afghanistan, really safe? >> well, not. we can't say that anyone is safe in this country. >> reporter: haroon mir runs the afghanistan center for research and policy studies. >> taliban decided not to face u.s. military. instead they have focused on terrorist attacks first on civilians and afghan government, institutions. >> reporter: in two recent suicide attacks the taliban unleashed a surprising new weapon that allowed them to get past police and...
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now have to pay for systems that were caused by bush tax cuts to wealthy, unpaid for wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> reporter: without finding some common ground the u.s. will default which will shake up the financial markets. >> nasty consequence, not just for the united states, but for the entire global economy. because the u.s. is such a big player. >> reporter: the white house says making a deal by the end of the week is crucial in order to meet that august 2nd deadline. now, should the nation reach that debt ceiling, the consequences could be devastating. it -- the brunt being felt by everything from businesses, wall street, financial markets would feel that, so would we, right down to individual households, all interest rates would go up, so it really would result in any sector of the economy. not anyone is talking about that being an actual outcome, that's the good news. >> let me ask you about that, all we hear publicly is how they are not compromising, are you hearing anything privately there is a sense of compromise down the road. >> we're sensing there is a true determination to come
now have to pay for systems that were caused by bush tax cuts to wealthy, unpaid for wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> reporter: without finding some common ground the u.s. will default which will shake up the financial markets. >> nasty consequence, not just for the united states, but for the entire global economy. because the u.s. is such a big player. >> reporter: the white house says making a deal by the end of the week is crucial in order to meet that august 2nd deadline....
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panetta isic maaing his first visit to afghanistan as pentagon chief. he met with general david patraeus who is stepping down as u.s. commander. panetta said osama bin laden's death has been a tremendous blow to al-qaeda. >>> former first lady betty ford will be remembered at two services next week. she died yesterday at the age of 93. scott looks back at her life and her influence. >> born elizabeth ann bloomer in 1918. she dreamed of becoming a professional dancer and she studied under martha graham. she earned a spot in graham's dance troop, but her mother pressured her to leave the group and new york in 1941. she got a job back home in grand rapids. performed in her own dance troop, married and divorced her first husband, and then met a young lawyer named gerald ford. they married in 1948 just weeks before ford was elected to his first term in congress. ford rose to be republican house minority leader while she stayed in the background and raised their four children. just as they were ready to retire, an accident of history put them in the white hou
panetta isic maaing his first visit to afghanistan as pentagon chief. he met with general david patraeus who is stepping down as u.s. commander. panetta said osama bin laden's death has been a tremendous blow to al-qaeda. >>> former first lady betty ford will be remembered at two services next week. she died yesterday at the age of 93. scott looks back at her life and her influence. >> born elizabeth ann bloomer in 1918. she dreamed of becoming a professional dancer and she...
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. >>> newly appointed defense secretary leon panetta landed in afghanistan a short time ago. this is his first visit to the war zone as the nation's top military boss. panetta's trip points to the importance of afghanistan, especially with the troop drawdown beginning this month. panetta says the u.s. is within reach of defeating al qaeda altogether, saying, quote, we have them on the run. >>> in washington, a call for peace from dalai lama. the tibetan spiritual leader is speaking at this hour, right now, at an event called a talk for world peace. it is being held on the lawn of the u.s. capitol. >> try to create calm mind, peaceful mind. and then that creates within our own fabric, within our own community. that's the way to change society. >> spreading peace through change. the dalai lama is on an 11-day trip to washington. he then heads to chicago for two more speaking engagements. >>> "atlantis" is in the middle of its last trip to the international space station. the final space mission began yesterday with a flawless launch from the kennedy space center. the astronauts
. >>> newly appointed defense secretary leon panetta landed in afghanistan a short time ago. this is his first visit to the war zone as the nation's top military boss. panetta's trip points to the importance of afghanistan, especially with the troop drawdown beginning this month. panetta says the u.s. is within reach of defeating al qaeda altogether, saying, quote, we have them on the run. >>> in washington, a call for peace from dalai lama. the tibetan spiritual leader is...
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report highlighted the escalating violence in afghanistan however that report come for legally contradicting statements coming from u.s. military officials so we want to know who you think is giving us the real stats on violence and death in afghanistan and u.n. or the u.s. so let's go to producer patrice and essentially to find out what you had to say. general betrays the military well they've been trying to tell us that we're gaining momentum against the taliban and that the surge has been successful fragile and reversible but success. nevertheless one of the ways they're trying to prove it but general john allen has recently told congress that violence in afghanistan is five percent lower compared to last ok well it sounds great but the u.n. said in a new report that violence is on the rise and civilian deaths are up twenty percent since who do you think is telling the truth while they did morris he believes neither most of the violence he said goes on reported that may be true to this year's time magazine he wrote an article that most about an a stance violence actually takes place in pr
report highlighted the escalating violence in afghanistan however that report come for legally contradicting statements coming from u.s. military officials so we want to know who you think is giving us the real stats on violence and death in afghanistan and u.n. or the u.s. so let's go to producer patrice and essentially to find out what you had to say. general betrays the military well they've been trying to tell us that we're gaining momentum against the taliban and that the surge has been...
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that still you have the un somewhat unpopular position although changing rapidly about the wars in afghanistan and iraq what do you think are some of the messages that are really resonating the most people i think i think in all areas when it comes to war more people are skeptical there's more votes now in the congress to come home and bring our troops home from iraq and afghanistan and and surely not get another war started in libya so we've gained tremendous support there and i think the people of the country are agreeing when i talk about personal liberties people are more worried now about the patriot act and how the patriot act is used to harass us at airports and and pesters there in an attempt to pretend that they're defending us and nobody really believes are doing much good but certainly on the economy in the federal reserve that's where. you know we've gained so much support because we have talked about the financial bubble that existed the housing bubble and it would have to be a correction and certainly we're in the middle of that but we still face a lot of problems so i think peop
that still you have the un somewhat unpopular position although changing rapidly about the wars in afghanistan and iraq what do you think are some of the messages that are really resonating the most people i think i think in all areas when it comes to war more people are skeptical there's more votes now in the congress to come home and bring our troops home from iraq and afghanistan and and surely not get another war started in libya so we've gained tremendous support there and i think the...
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. >>> just a few hours ago we learned that the brother of afghanistan's president is dead t. is video of of him from a couple years ago. karzai was assassinated. he was the brother and head of the and hear provincial council. a witness says a member of karzai's private security team killed him and then other bodyguards quickly gunned down the assassin. >>> this morning bart's police review committee will meet to discuss a fatal shooting of a man by bart police. bart introduced its first ever independent police auditor yesterday. mark smith calls the death of charles hill unfortunate. now he promises a thundershower row and independent investigation of the shooting. the situation was created in response about the way bart investigated the deadly 2009 shooting of oscar grant. >>> bart service will be back to normal today, but that's following a rowdy protest that caused major disruptions during yesterday's afternoon commute. take a look. chanting protesters climbing on board one of the trains. they took over the civic center station platform and blocked doors so trains couldn't
. >>> just a few hours ago we learned that the brother of afghanistan's president is dead t. is video of of him from a couple years ago. karzai was assassinated. he was the brother and head of the and hear provincial council. a witness says a member of karzai's private security team killed him and then other bodyguards quickly gunned down the assassin. >>> this morning bart's police review committee will meet to discuss a fatal shooting of a man by bart police. bart introduced...
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taxpayer money may be missing in afghanistan. our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is here with the details. chris, how is this possible? >> reporter: because of a complete failure of oversight on the parts of the departments of treasury, state and defense, just a complete corruption in afghanistan. look, this federal audit shows that ten years into this war, the u.s. still only has limited visibility over what happens to billions of dollars once we send the money to afghanistan. the inspector general says that makes the money vulnerable not only to fraud but even worse being diverted to insurgents. the u.s. spent more than $70 billion on security and redevelopment in afghanistan, but, again, this audit shows as much as $10 million may be smuggled out of afghanistan every day. how does that happen? whenever afghan government officials leave the country no one checks how much money they are carrying with them. again the audit shows afghan officials have no plans to scan their cash through those electronic currency counters. t
taxpayer money may be missing in afghanistan. our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is here with the details. chris, how is this possible? >> reporter: because of a complete failure of oversight on the parts of the departments of treasury, state and defense, just a complete corruption in afghanistan. look, this federal audit shows that ten years into this war, the u.s. still only has limited visibility over what happens to billions of dollars once we send the money to afghanistan. the...
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you had "rambo" in afghanistan, you have a war in the afghanistan and a lot of the way we describe it is about the rambos in afghanistan. obviously, gordon gekko becomes bernie madoff and all the ripoff artist on wall street. the evil guy from "tron," i'm only have joke here, kind of is mark zuckerberg. [laughter] the a-team, the idea of the private contractor you have to hire to fix your problems for you is kind of, in some ways, blackwater or at least our reliance on private contractors and how we think about private contractors. and the evil guy, cobra, in "g.i. joe," was a very clear allusion to islamic fundamentalist terrorism. what i argue in the book is that these images, these stories became powerful in the 1990 and -- 1980s and enduring because of certain structural changes that were happening in our economy. and i told nathan by e-mail that i was going to do this. i stole and used one of the cover graphics of nathan's book to sort of highlight how this happened. but an argument in this book is that things change in the 1980s in a way that made the storylines and the iconogra
you had "rambo" in afghanistan, you have a war in the afghanistan and a lot of the way we describe it is about the rambos in afghanistan. obviously, gordon gekko becomes bernie madoff and all the ripoff artist on wall street. the evil guy from "tron," i'm only have joke here, kind of is mark zuckerberg. [laughter] the a-team, the idea of the private contractor you have to hire to fix your problems for you is kind of, in some ways, blackwater or at least our reliance on...
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i've been doing afghanistan and bin laden and -- the greek crisis. >> he has a point, if you go by the number of bills passed. through the first hall of this year, 2011, how many bills become law? 18. 15 of those laws named a building after somebody, extended an expiring law or appointed an official to the smithsonian institute. counting all them, 18 laws, this year's not so big number. >>> up next, kansas is inching closer to an all-out ban on abortion. the state approve as new set of regulations critics say is aimed at shutting down all abortion clinics. all three of them in the state. we're hear from both sides. >>> you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of
i've been doing afghanistan and bin laden and -- the greek crisis. >> he has a point, if you go by the number of bills passed. through the first hall of this year, 2011, how many bills become law? 18. 15 of those laws named a building after somebody, extended an expiring law or appointed an official to the smithsonian institute. counting all them, 18 laws, this year's not so big number. >>> up next, kansas is inching closer to an all-out ban on abortion. the state approve as new...
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, how do you offshore afghanistan? >> you offshore afghanistan over a period of two or three years, not an abrupt policy change. and by the way, similar to how we did this in iraq and how we're doing it in iraq. we noticed over the past three years we have been transitioning from heavy onshore presence with year by year withdrawing about a third of the troops and notice how in iraq it has produced more stability. afghanistan, we should follow a similar policy. over the course over the next two or three years, we should withdraw about a third of the troops a year and along the way, we should also rely more and more on economic tools to achieve our nation-building goals in the country. >> dr. pape, why do you think there has not been a suicide bomber in the u.s. yet? >> i think it's not because the bad guys haven't tried. in fact, you can look at the newspapers almost every year and see foiled plot after foiled plot. the reason we haven't had suicide attacks in the united states, the main reason, is because we have adopt
, how do you offshore afghanistan? >> you offshore afghanistan over a period of two or three years, not an abrupt policy change. and by the way, similar to how we did this in iraq and how we're doing it in iraq. we noticed over the past three years we have been transitioning from heavy onshore presence with year by year withdrawing about a third of the troops and notice how in iraq it has produced more stability. afghanistan, we should follow a similar policy. over the course over the...
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he was working as a cavalry scout with his troop in the district near kost, afghanistan, when a group of insurgents attacked his unit with a rocket propelled grenade. he died on tuesday, july 5th. a memorial service is scheduled for him at ft. knox in kentucky on tuesday. and his family is planning to travel from the bay area to attend it. now we spoke to his father nicanor amper iii. he said his family is far too emotionally devastated to really talk about this tragic loss. he did say though that they are planning to have a funeral service for him when they return from ft. knox. they're not sure when it will be. they haven't had a chance to make any arrange. s. tracy grant, nbc bay area news. >> our condolences go out to the family. >>> from your body to an iphone. the new technology allowing doctors to keep tabs on pregnant women while they're on the go. >>> also ahead, getting the royal treatment. prince william and kate middleton touched down in so cal. we'll take you there live. >>> plus in the waikes of two firefighters, we're hearing the story that left more than a dozen people
he was working as a cavalry scout with his troop in the district near kost, afghanistan, when a group of insurgents attacked his unit with a rocket propelled grenade. he died on tuesday, july 5th. a memorial service is scheduled for him at ft. knox in kentucky on tuesday. and his family is planning to travel from the bay area to attend it. now we spoke to his father nicanor amper iii. he said his family is far too emotionally devastated to really talk about this tragic loss. he did say though...
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billion for the pentagon's primary budget another one hundred and nineteen billion for the wars in afghanistan and iraq and that does not include any downsizing quite the opposite that boosts the pentagon's budget by seventeen billion dollars so that includes five point nine billion to buy thirty two of lockheed martin's after thirty five joint strike fighters fifteen point one billion to build ten navy ships and a three point three billion for twenty eight of boeing's f. eighteen super hornet fighter jets and the whole bill also doesn't include funds for u.s. nuclear weapons programs or military construction which usually come in other bills and end up adding about thirty three billion dollars more to the fan spending so it looks like congress has said sorry america your social security your medicare and medicaid have probably got to go because the pentagon needs more jets here to discuss this with me as lawrence wilkerson retired u.s. army colonel and former chief of staff to colin powell our thanks so much for being on the show as always well gosh this sounds like it's a fun day to be at th
billion for the pentagon's primary budget another one hundred and nineteen billion for the wars in afghanistan and iraq and that does not include any downsizing quite the opposite that boosts the pentagon's budget by seventeen billion dollars so that includes five point nine billion to buy thirty two of lockheed martin's after thirty five joint strike fighters fifteen point one billion to build ten navy ships and a three point three billion for twenty eight of boeing's f. eighteen super hornet...
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to come to its because there are some figures out there is also that say that our wars in iraq and afghanistan have cost us three point seven trillion dollars and counting and that pretty soon that will be up over fortunately i mean it really is is there a god willing it's there it's insane as one congressman said to me when i was testifying before the senate foreign relations committee and almost knocked me off my chair it doesn't matter colonel we can print more. and that's the attitude and that's what's been going on now what has been happening is that while they have pretty easily get to pass a new defense budget at least the house of representatives there has been a little bit of a tussle and bustle over a few democrats that are coming out and try to block funds try to tie obama's hands when it came to afghanistan and bringing troops home of course that is because it has once again tried to tie the president's hands when it came to libya and all of that failed but the one thing they did pass was. bill that barred arming was supplying weapons to training the rebels in libya but already doi
to come to its because there are some figures out there is also that say that our wars in iraq and afghanistan have cost us three point seven trillion dollars and counting and that pretty soon that will be up over fortunately i mean it really is is there a god willing it's there it's insane as one congressman said to me when i was testifying before the senate foreign relations committee and almost knocked me off my chair it doesn't matter colonel we can print more. and that's the attitude and...
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. >>> and we have pictures this morning from southern afghanistans. u.s. marines and afghan security forces are conducting joint operations against the taliban. thursday the troops used helicopters to fly in search of taliban fighters. the current plan is for afghan forces to take over the country's security by the end of 2014. >>> two people were killed when their plane crashed into an unoccupied hospital building in watsonville, california. the plane struck the building shortly after takeoff last night, apparently as the pilot was trying to clear the line of fog. watsonville is 90 miles south of san francisco. >>> economists look for positive unemployment numbers being released today. >>> plus it's raining? no, not quite, it's pouring in denver, a sudden cloud burst swamps the mile high city. >>> first, scott pelley has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> from nasa's first mission to now the final shuttle flight, we'll look at how cbs news and walter cronkite covered the space race for the last 50 years, that story tonight on the "cbs evening n
. >>> and we have pictures this morning from southern afghanistans. u.s. marines and afghan security forces are conducting joint operations against the taliban. thursday the troops used helicopters to fly in search of taliban fighters. the current plan is for afghan forces to take over the country's security by the end of 2014. >>> two people were killed when their plane crashed into an unoccupied hospital building in watsonville, california. the plane struck the building...
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this past year he returned to afghanistan, his eighth deployment. back on another mission to keep our country saves. this is the stuff of which heroes are made. this is the strength, the devotion that makes our troops to the pride of every american, and this is reason america does not simply endure. reemerge from our trials stronger, more confident, wason our eyes fixed on the future -- with our eyes fixed on the future. our heroes are all around us, and please join me in saluting one of those heroes -- and leroy petrie. [applause] >> the president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress, march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress, the medal of honor to leroy petrie. leroy peachtree distinguished himself at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in afghanistan on may 26, 2008. as a weapons squad leader with else the company's 75th ranger regiment, he moved to clear the courtyard of the house a potentially contained combatants. while crossing the courtyard, they were wounded by automatic weapons fire. st
this past year he returned to afghanistan, his eighth deployment. back on another mission to keep our country saves. this is the stuff of which heroes are made. this is the strength, the devotion that makes our troops to the pride of every american, and this is reason america does not simply endure. reemerge from our trials stronger, more confident, wason our eyes fixed on the future -- with our eyes fixed on the future. our heroes are all around us, and please join me in saluting one of those...
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health of global jihad has claimed responsibility tonight in response to the country's involvement in afghanistan and in a separate attack up to thirty bodies no it's been reported have been reported by witnesses after a loaded gun when opened fire at a youth rally outside the capital. also e.u. leaders agreeing on a second bailout for greece sparked fears over the union delving deeper into debt with experts predicting it's now up to growing economies to dominate global finance . welcome it's eleven pm this is our team our name is kevin owen here in moscow with the top story in the main news dominating norway's been shaken by double terror attacks tonight first the center of all those been hit by huge blast bomb and the blast damaged parliamentary buildings including the prime minister's office where at least seven were killed but the pm himself is said to be not then a gunman one of the shooting spree at a youth camp by witnesses report claims of up to thirty there that may have been killed police say they fear there may also be explosives in the grounds are says general logan is in oslo she joi
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>>> with all corruption we hear in afghanistan, there's no big shock that some of the billions isn't going where intended, but now we're hearing that funds are being divert to do extremists trying to kill americans. our chris lawrence is at the pentagon right now. chris, what are we talking about here? >> don, we're talking about a federal audit that finds that ten years into this war in afghanistan, and the u.s. only has limited visibility over what happens to billions of dollars once we send it over to afghanistan. the inspector general says that means that money is vulnerable to fraud, but even worse, but diverted to insurgents. look, the u.s. has spent more than $70 billion in security and redevelopment projects, but this audit finds as many as $10 million may be struggled out of the afghanistan every single day. you wonder how does that happen? part is when afghan officials leave the country, no one checks how much money they're carrying with them. this audit shows that officials have no plans to scan their cash through the electronic currency counters. u.s. officials might be a
>>> with all corruption we hear in afghanistan, there's no big shock that some of the billions isn't going where intended, but now we're hearing that funds are being divert to do extremists trying to kill americans. our chris lawrence is at the pentagon right now. chris, what are we talking about here? >> don, we're talking about a federal audit that finds that ten years into this war in afghanistan, and the u.s. only has limited visibility over what happens to billions of...
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back i will go to afghanistan and in bed himself while i'm embedded in vegas. he's in afghanistan. good for him. who else? i read it all. everything i can get my hands on. i loved the hunger games trilogy which is on. it was really good. >> do you see yourself, are you more accountable now with screenwriters as opposed to other authors? what is your community? >> i have a lot of writing france, but overall i don't know that many screenwriters because i don't live in l.a. i don't have a lot of close friends who are writers but i have a couple, matthew pearl is a good friend of mine in austin. joe fender has a book out. a wonderful book on he is great. a few other local writers. i don't, you know, we don't sit around and turtlenecks and drink coffee. it's not that scene. [laughter] >> would've turned to come upon the time, as we say then we'll be doing a book signing after this and there are other events obviously with late nights at the da. i would ask you a couple more questions to rout out and we would like the audience, if you have a question to please come on down to one of the
back i will go to afghanistan and in bed himself while i'm embedded in vegas. he's in afghanistan. good for him. who else? i read it all. everything i can get my hands on. i loved the hunger games trilogy which is on. it was really good. >> do you see yourself, are you more accountable now with screenwriters as opposed to other authors? what is your community? >> i have a lot of writing france, but overall i don't know that many screenwriters because i don't live in l.a. i don't...
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well they certainly are all the more recent to continue the war in afghanistan and the new war is that nato countries are involved in against your movement in somalia of course the libya operation going on is a good reason to say well these muslim terrorists will go after anybody they'll do it in their own countries they'll do it in america they'll do it across europe if we're if we don't target these people and get rid of them we'll keep inciting these incidents and killing innocent people and the trouble to scare them that people in countries especially in america believe this when in fact i know for a fact there's stories that written about the innocent people challenge that america was written about dozens of them falsely charged all of them muslims mostly occasionally a woman. written about it least five dozen of them i have yet to find a single person of any crime but they're all in christian some of them serving ways terms the public is traumatized in the imperial wars go war and these are just scandal it's it's a court topic clearly i deal with all the time ok silliman i know y
well they certainly are all the more recent to continue the war in afghanistan and the new war is that nato countries are involved in against your movement in somalia of course the libya operation going on is a good reason to say well these muslim terrorists will go after anybody they'll do it in their own countries they'll do it in america they'll do it across europe if we're if we don't target these people and get rid of them we'll keep inciting these incidents and killing innocent people and...
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research institute and an interview he gave to al-jazeera a year ago on the eve of his first deployment to afghanistan. he is shown praying, he talks about being a miss him. -- muslim. >> where i can't both deploy and be a muslim. [speaking in native tongue] >> reporter: according to the army antiterrorism and force protection report, abdo bought three boxes of 12 gauge ammunition, smokeless gun powder and a magazine for a .9 mm gun. he paid for the m items in cash and left in a taxi cab. the owner of the gun store called police, he was picked up at an america's best value "squawk on the street"s, we're told, he also paid for in cash an army uniform to include local fort hood patches. law enforcement officials tell fox they suspect he was planning an attack in or around the fort hood area. of course, that was the site of the november 2009 shooting that left 13 u.s. soldiers dead. now, um, that case of major hassan nadal is ongoing. it took a turn just a week ago when his lawyer quit, but all of this is the backdrop to a new arrest of a potential plot against fort hood. martha: significant, it sounds l
research institute and an interview he gave to al-jazeera a year ago on the eve of his first deployment to afghanistan. he is shown praying, he talks about being a miss him. -- muslim. >> where i can't both deploy and be a muslim. [speaking in native tongue] >> reporter: according to the army antiterrorism and force protection report, abdo bought three boxes of 12 gauge ammunition, smokeless gun powder and a magazine for a .9 mm gun. he paid for the m items in cash and left in a...
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neither al qaeda in afghanistan nor pakistan now pose as grave a threat to america as their affiliate in somalia, that according to u.s. counterterrorism officials. the group known as al shabaab has even been successful in recruiting westerners. >> al shabaab is recruiting inside american mosques in somali communities like minneapolis and san diego according to the justice department. >> reporter: congressman peter king, chairman of the commtee on homeland security, held a hearing on the increasing threat. >> the terrorist training camps run by al shabaab teach their participants how to kill people and so the ability of one of those individuals to return to the united states and to put into practice that training is a threat. >> reporter: abc news has learned that before he died osama bin laden was secretly urging al shabaab to target the u.s. at least 40 somali-americans have trained and fought in a civil war in their homeland in the last three years, including three suicide bombers. as many as two dozen remain unaccounted for. >> probably the next, most significant terrorist threat
neither al qaeda in afghanistan nor pakistan now pose as grave a threat to america as their affiliate in somalia, that according to u.s. counterterrorism officials. the group known as al shabaab has even been successful in recruiting westerners. >> al shabaab is recruiting inside american mosques in somali communities like minneapolis and san diego according to the justice department. >> reporter: congressman peter king, chairman of the commtee on homeland security, held a hearing...
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here's what i don't understand about afghanistan. with all of that opium laying around, you would think it would be a mellower place. [ laughter ] the president's speech was in primetime tonight. since all the major tv networks air presidential addresses, it interfered with regularly scheduled programming. fox had to delay a new episode of "so you think you can dance," which makes it hard for us to know if we think we can dance or not. nbc was smart. instead of pre-emptingngthe voice," they did this. >> starting next month, we will be able to remove 10,000 of our troops from afghanistan by the end of this year. and we will bring home a total of 33,000 troops by next summer. [ applause ] may god bless our troops and may god bless the united states of america. >> jimmy: you see? what they did was, they combined the two, to form one thing. [ applause ] meanwhile, last night on cnn headline news, the nation was addressed by flavor flav. a.j. hammer interviewed mr. flav about his autobiography and a number of other topics. they only spoke
here's what i don't understand about afghanistan. with all of that opium laying around, you would think it would be a mellower place. [ laughter ] the president's speech was in primetime tonight. since all the major tv networks air presidential addresses, it interfered with regularly scheduled programming. fox had to delay a new episode of "so you think you can dance," which makes it hard for us to know if we think we can dance or not. nbc was smart. instead of pre-emptingngthe...
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. >>> now, to afghanistan. we're getting an exclusive look inside that deadly attack, by terrorists at a luxury hotel in kabul. an american who was there, having dinner with his family hen it all unfolded, had his cam are in hand. and tonight, he shows abc's's nk schifrin, what he captured. >> reporter: it started as a serene tuesday night in kabul. ali omar, that's him there, filmed his family joking around. they sat outside the intercontinental hotel. >> by the poolside, having dinner. >> reporter: then, the shots started. first, in the distance. then, a little closer. and then, just as that police officer there, is walking away. >> they killed him. up close. after they hit him, they turned around, just started spraying. >> reporter: ali runs throughgh the dark. still filming. >> i said my prayers. if i die, i die. i'm watching the guy. he's just shooting in the crowd. i'm staring at him. if i can see him, he can see me. i ran and jumped the wall. there were about 16 of us on the other sid. >> reporter: they
. >>> now, to afghanistan. we're getting an exclusive look inside that deadly attack, by terrorists at a luxury hotel in kabul. an american who was there, having dinner with his family hen it all unfolded, had his cam are in hand. and tonight, he shows abc's's nk schifrin, what he captured. >> reporter: it started as a serene tuesday night in kabul. ali omar, that's him there, filmed his family joking around. they sat outside the intercontinental hotel. >> by the poolside,...
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first up, president obama faced critical decisions on the debt and afghanistan the last few weeks and all the while the geniuses who ran his 2008 campaign have been huddled with their maps and polls, figuring out how to put together a repeat victory. what's the anatomy of a re-election win for obama. he has 4-5, 81% of the people who voted for him last night according to a june nbc poll. what happened to the other 20% of obama's 2008 voters and how does he win them back? let's look at three skenl elements in the anatomy of the obama electorate. in the 2008 exit polls, obama got 66% of voters under 30. now he has just 56% of the under 30's. good? maybe not good enough. another key in the anatomy, suburban voters. any 08 exit polls, 50% of suburbanites went for obama. now he's down to 141%. final will laveragee pin in the obama win n '08 he had 52% of independents. now he has just 43% of independents. john, you wrote game changer about how he did it last time. how do they put, the geniuses out there in chicago and washington, humenty dumpty together again? >> they will be happy to hear
first up, president obama faced critical decisions on the debt and afghanistan the last few weeks and all the while the geniuses who ran his 2008 campaign have been huddled with their maps and polls, figuring out how to put together a repeat victory. what's the anatomy of a re-election win for obama. he has 4-5, 81% of the people who voted for him last night according to a june nbc poll. what happened to the other 20% of obama's 2008 voters and how does he win them back? let's look at three...
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about to be deployed to afghanistan. on his first dotour and applied for conscientious objector status and his superiors rejected that and an army deputy assistant secretary of the army review board overturned that and he was found to have child pornography on his government computer and were looking into that charge when he went awol july 4th and he was found in texas recently, and he's in the custody of the killeen police department now, we are told and what has authorities concerned is when they found him, we're told from two sources, he had some sort of explosive materials in a backpack as well as jihadist materials and, given the proximity to killeen, to fort hood, there was concern that there could be a looming, impending attack on fort hood, somewhat similar to that terrible november 5th, 2009 attack, when major nadal killed 13 soldiers on fort hood base, bill. bill: this was on the eve of his first deployment to afghanistan. and he goes awol. and that was back on the fourth of july. and now has been arrested? or
about to be deployed to afghanistan. on his first dotour and applied for conscientious objector status and his superiors rejected that and an army deputy assistant secretary of the army review board overturned that and he was found to have child pornography on his government computer and were looking into that charge when he went awol july 4th and he was found in texas recently, and he's in the custody of the killeen police department now, we are told and what has authorities concerned is when...
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what the president is going on in afghanistan and i think on the d.c. coalitions of police the police would not be with god satan you're watching out of versus them right back. in the us. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions come to didn't break through a bit through to be made who can you trust no one who is you know deal with a global mission that would see where we had a state controlled capitalism in school satchel so when nobody dares to ask what we do you are a key question morning. welcome back to adam vs the man now when i was a sergeant in iraq i served in a civil affairs unit and would like to think that my little experience in fallujah gave me a certain situational awareness on foreign policy not just great war stories it's all checks of cars but then most war stories that are totally made up anyway so the discussion of always broader foreign policy strategy bring in the big downside joining me now is colonel douglas a mcgregor. out there of warriors rage the great tank battle of seventy three easti
what the president is going on in afghanistan and i think on the d.c. coalitions of police the police would not be with god satan you're watching out of versus them right back. in the us. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions come to didn't break through a bit through to be made who can you trust no one who is you know deal with a global mission that would see where we had a state controlled capitalism in school satchel so when nobody dares to ask what...
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that includes these soldiers stationed in the southeastern corner of afghanistan. they took part in a flag-raising ceremony complete with a military band to observe the fourth of july holiday, independence day. very nice. >>> taking a look at your all-important weather, this becomes very important. we have barbecues to talk about. can't have rain on the barbecue. severe storms are possible in the dakotas and parts of minnesota. there also could be flooding rains in missouri, maryland, and arkansas. firefighters in the desert southwest could get some help from monsoon rains. it always rained in seattle when i was growing up on the fourth. >> we should say folks in texas, it's very dry, looking for some rain. in colorado, northern texas, 10 degrees warmer than usual. seattle, seasonable in the mid-70s. chicago, detroit, minneapolis, mid-80s. i can deal with that. >> that sounds pretty good. >>> the calendar says it is the 4th but the scene on washington state's crystal mountain is just a little bit more confusing because record snowfall has extended the skiing and sn
that includes these soldiers stationed in the southeastern corner of afghanistan. they took part in a flag-raising ceremony complete with a military band to observe the fourth of july holiday, independence day. very nice. >>> taking a look at your all-important weather, this becomes very important. we have barbecues to talk about. can't have rain on the barbecue. severe storms are possible in the dakotas and parts of minnesota. there also could be flooding rains in missouri, maryland,...
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it can proje power militarily so in afghanistan and libya. president sarkozy is wanting the g-8 this year but it' only the size of texas and with an economy that's probably the size ofalifnia. >> charlie: yes. how is he doing? president sarkozy. >> we're in a period of track cision, in part because of what happened because of -- who could have been the social es party candidate and wa leading inhe poll in any combination >> charlie: against sarkozy. >> exactly. it's out of the picture. even though tzar -- tzar sarkozy -- >> charlie: at the likely to be the nominee. >> no clue. i would like to see francois who is really smart and funny and not seductive enough for the french people. >> charlie: he was head of the socialist party and his wife, n his wife -- >> father of their four children. >> charlie: she got the nomination. >> right. >> charlie: is she still going to run or not? theye no longetogether and he could be running and she could be running and they were -- >> she would like to run again. but there's another woman in the picture who
it can proje power militarily so in afghanistan and libya. president sarkozy is wanting the g-8 this year but it' only the size of texas and with an economy that's probably the size ofalifnia. >> charlie: yes. how is he doing? president sarkozy. >> we're in a period of track cision, in part because of what happened because of -- who could have been the social es party candidate and wa leading inhe poll in any combination >> charlie: against sarkozy. >> exactly. it's out...
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. >> the paper hacked voice-mail of the families of britain's soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan. >> jon: wow!, why would they even -- >> i don't know, jon, perhaps the same reason they also did this. >> staffers with the now-defunct nuptially tried to hack into the phone of 9/11 victims. >> jon: suddenly we're on a game show. pretty [bleep] depressing. >> it's very depressing. >> jon: why would they need the details of victims of 9/11. >> well, neighbor might sell one or two extra papers, jon. but the real cherry on this [bleep] sunday was the case of poor milly dowler, a missing 13-year-old girl that had britain riveted. >> during the period of time when she was missing the news of the world were using a private investigater to listen her voice-mail. >> jon: to help in the search for the -- >> maybe, maybe, jon, but just to be sure, let's check. >> the voice-mail box of milly's phone filled up. the news of the world were hungry for more information for more stories so they intervened and deleted the messages. >> jon: i think i just threw up in my mouth a little bit. >> but let'
. >> the paper hacked voice-mail of the families of britain's soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan. >> jon: wow!, why would they even -- >> i don't know, jon, perhaps the same reason they also did this. >> staffers with the now-defunct nuptially tried to hack into the phone of 9/11 victims. >> jon: suddenly we're on a game show. pretty [bleep] depressing. >> it's very depressing. >> jon: why would they need the details of victims of 9/11. >>...
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. >> reporter: 21-year-old naser abdo didn't want to fight in afghanistan but sources say he was more than willing to cause bloodshed at home. after being arrested he told officers he "wanted to get even with the military" military and chose ft. hood because of the 2009 attack where major nadal hasan allegedly killed 13 and wounded 30. he told them his plan was to set off two bombs then shoot any survivors. police say the attack was imminent. >> we would probably be here today giving you a different briefing had he not been stopped. >> reporter: greg ebert is the man would stopped him. a former marine and police officer who works at this killeen gun store. he got suspicious when abdo arrived in a cab on tuesday then bought six pounds of gunpowder, three boxes of shotgun ammunition and a magazine for a semiautomatic pistol. he paid $250 in cash. >> if somebody comes in, especially into a business like this, and makes a purchase and doesn't know what he's buying, i'd be concerned about that. >> reporter: concerned enough to call police, who the next day searched the soldier's room at th
. >> reporter: 21-year-old naser abdo didn't want to fight in afghanistan but sources say he was more than willing to cause bloodshed at home. after being arrested he told officers he "wanted to get even with the military" military and chose ft. hood because of the 2009 attack where major nadal hasan allegedly killed 13 and wounded 30. he told them his plan was to set off two bombs then shoot any survivors. police say the attack was imminent. >> we would probably be here...
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was thinking about doing something related to afghanistan. i honestly thought of it then around afghanistan in your late middle-aged to everything that could be said about afghanistan, you know, probably has been said long ago unless i really thought i could bring something novel to a. probably best to do something else. that was more a decision that, of feeling that i was superfluous. of the enough i did not feel in the israeli-palestinian context that i was commanded don't think that i have been. people still ask me to speak about that or to write about it. you just have to pick your spots. >> pick your spots. exactly. really the world at large after 9/11 is a big spot to pick. parts about this book that you actually had wanted to originally include? for example, i don't know, maybe something about u.s. politics that you ended up excising from the book? was there, you know -- >> you know, there was a lot. the idea was in this book. i could have dealt with the impact of the threat of al qaeda destroying a major western city which is a plot p
was thinking about doing something related to afghanistan. i honestly thought of it then around afghanistan in your late middle-aged to everything that could be said about afghanistan, you know, probably has been said long ago unless i really thought i could bring something novel to a. probably best to do something else. that was more a decision that, of feeling that i was superfluous. of the enough i did not feel in the israeli-palestinian context that i was commanded don't think that i have...
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new defense secretary leon panetta has landed in kabul, afghanistan. speaking on the flight over, panetta said the purpose of his trip is to get out and talk to troops on the front lines. panetta was just sworn in last week to replace robert gates as you may recall, as defense secretary. he was head of cia before that. panetta says it is important to keep the pressure on the taliban in order to influence a settlement in the future. he also says he is hopeful of building a better relationship with afghan president hamid karzai. >>> a moment of silence in arlington, texas, last night for a baseball fan who suffered fatal injuries after falling from the stands. >> we ask that each of you join the athletics, the texas rangers and all of major league baseball, as we observe a silent moment of reflection and respect for brownwood, texas, firefighter shannon stone. >> shannon stone died earlier this week. he was trying to catch a ball for his 6-year-old son that was thrown into the stands by one of the texas rangers' players. the rangers have set up a memoria
new defense secretary leon panetta has landed in kabul, afghanistan. speaking on the flight over, panetta said the purpose of his trip is to get out and talk to troops on the front lines. panetta was just sworn in last week to replace robert gates as you may recall, as defense secretary. he was head of cia before that. panetta says it is important to keep the pressure on the taliban in order to influence a settlement in the future. he also says he is hopeful of building a better relationship...
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all right when you think it's going to be huge that's an afghanistan i think this is so awesome because i mean i'm a huge fan of the office both the british version and the american version it's so funny there's a lot of stuff going on in afghanistan that that's hard for people to deal with and i love that they're talking about issues like women saying i hate men you're talking about drug cartel issues within afghanistan i mean i found it to be a little surprising knowing what i know about the stricter laws i'm not accountable right now because i'm missing it like i'm really upset and when it comes out i'm going to show it to all of my friends during frat parties somebody like you this episode is a really good one. i don't know how long before the u.s. is using this as propaganda and i want to behind it because the scene the woman saying i hate men like what is that's a show that women are allowed to say that now in afghanistan it feels like there is propaganda being spewed. it's very the way things actually are in afghanistan in terms of how they talk about about maybe they'll apprecia
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he served in iraq and afghanistan. he will be performing at a rapper at the marine corps ball. he says she would and lot of fun. i think we would laughing to and betty white knows her way around military functions and balls. back in 1945 she was married to an army air corpsman for a short time. but still she probably went to a couple events. no word on betty's response to this request to go to the ball. alisyn: i got a chance to interview letter. she is sassy and fun and funny. she would be the perfect dates. if she did it in 1945, i'm sure she could do it again now. >> reporter: you have got betty, the marine, the rapper. you have got mila and j.t. alisyn: how do we get invitations and let us know when you hear what betty white' response is. there is a possible turning point in the housing crisis. what new numbers are telling us and how to find the road to our housing recovery next. concert-goers running for their lives after the stage collapses right in the middle of the show. we are live with that story. sib. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would delive
he served in iraq and afghanistan. he will be performing at a rapper at the marine corps ball. he says she would and lot of fun. i think we would laughing to and betty white knows her way around military functions and balls. back in 1945 she was married to an army air corpsman for a short time. but still she probably went to a couple events. no word on betty's response to this request to go to the ball. alisyn: i got a chance to interview letter. she is sassy and fun and funny. she would be the...
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done defy obama's plans to pull out troops from afghanistan come under attack at home from opponents who say it's too much of a military risk as turn about attacks continue. to headlines up next a wild e.u. bailout cash to throw a game to greece and bankruptcy in return for austerity cuts the shock waves from the country's huge economic problems could he have reached the u.s. find out why in the kinds of reports next to him. or this is the reports i'm sure reveal to you the intimate secret of global finance it's not about stuff like the acropolis being sold it's about securitizing the acropolis so it can be traded. all the debt held by the bankers will be paid off from trading commissions but before you can do that you have to turn everything into a security oh we'll explain the whole thing anyway stacie ever what's happening well max yes so over the past week as greece has been and have austerity measures forced on the greeks we have also seen this headline max debt leaving greece finds no buyers and fire sale of national assets so apparently representatives of the greek government
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the country's involvement in the war and afghanistan has made it the focus of al qaeda threat in the past. >> on the surface it is a very unusual target. al qaeda is trying to hit softer, more powerful role targets other than america and britain. >> tonight, soldiers are on the streets of oslo and norway's government is holding crisis meetings. there is shock that the city's peace could be shattered like this. >> and just a brief time ago, president obama spoke about these attacks with the new zealand -- with new zealand's prime minister. >> i want to personally extend my condolences to the people of norway, and it is a reminder that the entire international community has a stake in preventing this kind of terror. we have to work cooperatively both on intelligence and in terms of prevention. >> joining me now to discuss the motivation of who might have been behind the attacks as the former u.s. deputy national security adviser who is currently at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> why would note -- norway bbea target for a
the country's involvement in the war and afghanistan has made it the focus of al qaeda threat in the past. >> on the surface it is a very unusual target. al qaeda is trying to hit softer, more powerful role targets other than america and britain. >> tonight, soldiers are on the streets of oslo and norway's government is holding crisis meetings. there is shock that the city's peace could be shattered like this. >> and just a brief time ago, president obama spoke about these...